V69.9 — Occupant (driver) (passenger) of heavy transport vehicle injured in unspecified traffic accident

Not billable

Is V69.9 billable?

No — V69.9 is a non-billable header code. V69.9 groups more specific codes and cannot be submitted on a claim. A valid ICD-10-CM code must be reported at the highest level of specificity available in its branch. Select one of the 3 billable codes beneath V69.9.

Billable codes under this header

V69.9XXAOccupant (driver) (passenger) of heavy transport vehicle injured in unspecified traffic accident, initial encounter
V69.9XXDOccupant (driver) (passenger) of heavy transport vehicle injured in unspecified traffic accident, subsequent encounter
V69.9XXSOccupant (driver) (passenger) of heavy transport vehicle injured in unspecified traffic accident, sequela

V69.9 at a glance

Code	V69.9
Description	Occupant (driver) (passenger) of heavy transport vehicle injured in unspecified traffic accident
Billable	No — header code
Code set	ICD-10-CM FY2027
Valid for encounters	October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027

How is V69.9 listed in the External Cause Index?

These are the routes through the External Cause of Injuries Index that lead to V69.9 — how the injury happened, rather than what the injury was.

Accident › transport › truckoccupant (to)

Inclusion terms

Alternative wording in documentation that is classified to V69.9.

Accident NOS involving heavy transport vehicle

Excludes1 — never code together — inherited from V60-V69

The conditions below can never be reported together with V69.9 on the same claim. An Excludes1 note means the two conditions cannot occur in the same patient, so reporting both is a coding error.

bus
motorcoach

What codes fall under V69.9? (3)

How long has V69.9 existed?

V69.9 has been in ICD-10-CM since at least FY2016, the earliest fiscal year on record here.

Derived from the official order files for FY2016–FY2026. FY2017 and FY2020 publish no order file, so those years are not covered.